The green seaweed Ulva: A model system to study morphogenesis

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 6, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  Wichard, Thomas ^a   Charrier, Bénédicte ^b,c   Mineur, Frédéric ^d   Bothwell, John H ^e   De Clerck, Olivier ^f   Coates, Juliet C ^g  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algal genetics; Chlorophyta; Green tides; Holobiont; Model organism; Multicellular organism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923284826     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00072     Document Type: Article

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